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All 600,000 children's nasal flu vaccine doses will be available by mid-October
All of the 600,000 children’s doses will also be available by this time.
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All of the 600,000 children’s doses will also be available by this time.
Boots is rescheduling some not at-risk flu jab appointments due to delay in the vaccines arriving.
Pharmacists will be able to give people the flu jab outside the pharmacy premises.
Children aged two to 12 years can get the flu jab for free this year, but it’s not compulsory.
The latest figures show that the flu rate has spiked.
Just one in three nurses have received the vaccination.
The HSE ran a campaign over the last few months to encourage healthcare workers to get the vaccine.
The new model for forecasting seasonal outbreaks makes better predictions by factoring in how much the virus changed compared to recent years.
“Vaccine hesitancy is increasingly becoming a major issue,” a HSE spokesperson said.
No comment.
An interim report by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland says an error in training led to some pharmacists giving adult patients a child’s dosage of the vaccine.
A visit to the GP for a flu jab can cost up to €65, but pharmacists will shortly be able to offer the service for as low as €20.
The Health Service Executive is investigating the link between a swine flu jab and narcolepsy. This year’s vaccine does not contain the controversial Pandremix strain.
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